Garment hanger



Oct. 27, 1953 H. c. cooK, SR 2,656,954

GARMENT HANGER Filed June 19, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR- Oct. 27, 1953 H. C. COOK, SR

GARMENT HANGER 2 Sheets$heet 2 Filed June 19, 1948 Patented Oct. 27, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Harold 0. (look, Sr., Long Island City, N. Y. Application June 19, 1948, Serial No. 33,966

(01. sea-90) 17 Claims. 1

This invention relates to garment hangers, and particularly to the sort having coat and trouser hangers together. Of course, the coat hanger will support dresses and other garments with shoulder supports, and the trouser grips will grip garments of all sorts, but the terms are generally used in the industry and will be adopted for convenience herein.

It is an object of this invention to make a more perfect garment hanger.

A particular object is to make a garment hanger with a removable trouser hanger which will withstand heavy loads and rough usage without collapse.

Another object is to make a garment hanger with a removable trouser hanger that has adequate space to receive trouser cuffs.

Another object is to mount the springs of a garment hanger on a bar, and the gripper rods on the springs, in a coordinated way so as to be readily separable from each other by intention but not by accident.

The objects of the invention are accomplished, generally speaking, by a hanger having a bar with slotted supports in which the coil springs of pants hangers can be mounted and from which they can be removed while free of the trouser gripping rods, but not while carrying the rods, the rods themselves having means to obstruct accidental dislodgement during use.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the preferred form of the hanger.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail, partly in section, on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3 showing the method of removing the springs from the hanger bar.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a folding hanger embodying principles of the invention.

Fig. 6 is an elevational view of a modification of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is an elevational view of a hanger having a double pants clip.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, III is a supporting hook which is secured in any convenient way to the coat bar II in which there are spaced slots I2, I3, each comprising a small entrance I3 and an enlarged hole I2. As shown in the drawing, the hook II] is made of metal and the bar I I of wood. A round hole I2 is bored through the Wood and then the entrance I3 is cut through the un- 2 derside of the bar to the bore. The entrance I3 is narrower than the width of the bore I 2. Slots of this type having a narrow opening leading to a wired part are called, for convenience, T-shaped slots.

The pants hangers are composed of a pair of gripper rods I5, I6 having in their sides slots II into which the bent ends I8 of a coil spring with long shanks I9 are embedded. The ends I8 of the shanks I9 are bent into a position that is horizontal when the hanger is suspended from the hook I 0. The coil spring has several turns 20 which together are about as wide as the bore l2 of the T-shaped slot and Wider than the upright or mouth l3 of that slot. Because of this construction the coil 20 can be admitted to the slot through the opening I3 when tilted as shown in Fig. 4, but when turned with the coil 20 horizontal and in operative position, cannot be removed from the slot as shown in Fig. 3. After the coils 20 are emplaced in the slots in operative position, the rods I5, I6 are mounted on the ends I8 of the shanks I9 by pressing the ends into the wood of the slots I1. Thus, as shown in Fig. 2, the sides of the slots I! bear upon the shanks [9 of the springs and prevent'the rods from being accidentally tilted to the position of Fig. 4. At

the same time the springs hold the rods I5, I5

against each other and furnish a firm grip upon the article of clothing that is to be suspended.

The length of shanks I9 is sufficient to allow trouser cuffs to be received within them. The action of the springs keeps the ends I8 embedded in the wood of the gripper rods. Thus, all parts of the device cooperate with each other.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modification of the invention in which the bar II is provided in its upper ends with slots 25 which act to form hooks 25 at the ends of the bar. The size of these hooks is about equal to the diameter of the coils 20 so that they can be admitted to theslot 25 and swung into the position shown in this figure of the drawing, being thereafter embedded in the rods I5, I6 as shown in Fig. 2. When in that position they cannot be removed except forcibly and by intention, and the bar II can be folded as shown in dotted line II", III for stowage in a handbag or the like.

In Fig. 6 a hook I0 supports shoulder bar 30 in the underside of which are metal eyes 3| which have openings 32 which admit to the loop of the eye. The loop of the eye and the opening 32 constitute in efiect a slot of the type in question. The remainder of the structure is similar to that which has already been described.

In Figs. 7 and 8 are shown a modification or the invention wherein a rod 35 is suspended on wire pins 36 mounted at their upper ends in the bar I 1. In this form of the invention the springs are capable of gripping a plurality of garments separately.

This invention provides a hanger of superior utility. The springs can be of strength sufficient to suspend only the lightest garments or strong enough to support those of considerable weight. The length and flare of the shanks receives portions of garments above those areas gripped by the rods without crumpling or marking them. The slots in the rods assist in maintaining the parts of the hanger in assembled relation until they are intentionally dismantled. The slots of the bar serve to furnish a strong support from which the parts of the hanger can be readily removed by intention but not by accident, and to this end the size of the spring coils and their shape contribute. In the preferred form of the invention the T-shaped slots have circular bores of the same size as the spring loops so that the loops can be turned freely to suspended position within that portion of the slot once they are admitted to it.

As many apparently widely different embodiments of the present invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, it is to be expressly understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodimen 5.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger including a bar, a hook support therefor, said bar having T-shaped slots in the underside thereof, spring coils seated in the slots having projecting crossed arms, and

rods pierced laterally and biased against each other by the said arms.

2. A garment hanger including a bar, a support therefor, said bar having T-shaped slots in the underside thereof, springs having coils seated in the slots,'and garment engaging gripper rods carried by the ends of the springs and biased against each other by the springs, said rods being pierced by the ends of the springs.

3. A garment hanger including a suspensible bar, gripper rods, and coil springs attached to the rods and biasing them against each other, said bar having slots in an edge thereof receiving the coils of the springs and integral portions of the bar extending into said coils to support the same,'the ends of said springs piercing said rods and being deformed to hold said rods against movement longitudinally of the springs.

4. A garment hanger including a bar, and gripper rods biased toward each other by a spring, and means to suspend the rods from the bar including a support for a part of the spring, said support being an integral part of the bar and formed by an aperture in the bar with an open side giving admittance of said part of the spring to said support, said open side being of less width than the corresponding width of said aperture.

5. A garment hanger including a bar, and gripper rods biased toward each other by a spring, and means to suspend the rods from the bar including a support for a central coiled part of the spring, said support being formed by a slot in the upper surface and adjacent the end of the bar giving admittance of the coiled part of the spring to said support and permitting rotation of the bar in the said coiled portion, and a support for said bar pivoted and shaped so as to be able to lie flat upon the plane of the bar and rods.

6. A garment hanger comprising a bar having 4 slots in an edge thereof, springs supported by said bar and having coils intermediate their ends engageable with said slots when in supported position and removable from the slots, when moved angularly relative to the bar out of supported position, and having extended and crossed ends with tips, and gripper rods pierced by said tips with the tips deformed to support the rods.

7. A garment hanger having a rod the under portion of which is provided with circular holes and narrow slots giving entrance to the holes from below, and looped springs having a loop width about equal to the diameter of the circular holes, said springs serving to support gripper rods.

8. A garment hanger having a bar with slotted ends forming hooks, and gripper rods supported by looped springs having a loop of diameter equal to the width of the hooks.

9. A garment hanger having a bar, gripper rods having side slots, springs supporting said rods and having shanks that enter said slots and said shanks having bent end portions laterally piercing said rods, and supporting means integral with the bar for the springs.

10. The structure of claim 9 in which the springs have crossed shanks angularly shaped to provide a space for a portion of the garment gripped by the rods.

11. A garment hanger comprising a bar, a pair of gripper rods, and resilient means for suspending said rods from said bar and for resiliently biasing said rods toward each other, said resilient means comprising spaced depending arms each having a tip portion at the lower end thereof piercing and operatively connected to a different one of said rods to support the latter and a spring coil under constant tension connecting the upper ends of the arms, said resilient means being supported by means integral with said bar and extending into said coil.

12. A garment hanger as defined in claim 11 wherein said resilient means comprises a plurality of springs each having a pair of spaced depending arms connected by a spring coil under constant tension, the arms of each spring being connected at the lower ends thereof to different ones of said rods and wherein supporting means integral with the bar extend into each of said coils.

13. A garment hanger as defined in claim 11 wherein the supporting means comprises spaced oppositely projecting portions of said bar extending into said coil from opposite sides thereof.

14. A garment hanger as defined in claim 11 wherein the gripper rods are parallel and supported by said resilient means at equal distances below the bar, the connections between said arms and said rods comprising laterally projecting portions on the arms engaging the rods to hold the latter against movement longitudinally of said arms.

15. A garment hanger as defined in claim 11 and including a third rod suspended from the bar between said pair of gripper rods, whereby the rods of said pair are biased against opposite sides of said third bar.

16. A garment hanger comprising a bar, a pair of gripper rods, and resilient means for suspending said rods from said bar and for resiliently biasing said rods toward each other, said resilient means comprising spaced depending arms each operatively connected at the lower end thereof to a different one of said rods and a spring coil under constant tension connecting the upper ends of the arms, said resilient means being supported 5 by means integral with said bar and extending into said coil, said supporting means being formed by an aperture in said bar connected with the edge of the latter by a slot of less width than the axial length of the coil.

1'1. A garment hanger comprising a bar, a pair of gripper rods, and resilient means for suspending said rods from said bar and for resiliently biasing said rods toward each other, said resilient means comprising spaced depending arms each operatively connected at the lower end thereof to a difierent one of said rods and a spring coil under constant tension connecting the upper ends 01 the arms, said resilient means being supported by means integral with said bar and extending 15 5 ture.

HAROLD C. COOK, SR.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 551,658 Taeschner, Jr Dec. 17, 1895 889,935 Larson June 9, 1908 1,325,839 Fasel et a1 Dec. 23, 1919 

